Acorns to Zombies A100 Fall 14

We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals -- but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.

Since 1947, the chairman of the National Turkey Federation has presented a turkey to the President. Each Thanksgiving, the President “pardons” that turkey, ensuring that the bird gets to spend the rest of its days living on a farm in Virginia.

THANKSGIVING DAY, 2014   - - - - - - -   BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   A PROCLAMATION Thanksgiving Day invites us to reflect on the blessings we enjoy and the freedoms we cherish.  As we gather with family and friends to take part in this uniquely American celebration, we give thanks for the extraordinary op

14. America is prone to worldwide epidemics (pandemics) due to the toxic conditions created in large part by factory farms.  (Over use of antibiotics, great concentrations of animal waste becomes breeding ground for disease).

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This video, published by Farms Not Factories, is part of the RCA 11 due on Monday, October 20th.  There's a hyperlink to it on the assignment prompt, but I thought it might be more stable here.

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Poor Irish women immigrants came to the US and worked as domestic servants. They were trying to escape British colonialism, but instead put into a caste system. Since these immigrants were women due to the logic of separate spheres they often work as cooks in the home. The female Irish immigrants lacked certain cooking skills due to food shortages. Because they didn’t have these skills they were often degraded by their employers who were women who couldn’t cook themselves. They were called bridgets and biddies. This happens more in northern states. In southern states servants were often African American women. These women were often treated unfairly, they had to use the backdoor, had to use different eating utensils, and suffered sexual abuse. They were thought to have superior strength and were worked really hard. In spite of this they maintained some power because of the servant problem and lack of domestic workers. To claim this power African American women would strike at big events to emphasize white southern societies reliance on their labor.

Racialized products can be seen through commercials and in stores. For example, the KFC commercial features an African American man promoting the fried chicken. This shows that racial stereotypes still exist in today’s world. Racialized products are also seen on social media. For example, white woman are associated with having Starbucks all the time. Finally, racialized products are seen in stores. Uncle Ben’s rice depicts the “Uncle Tom” character from our country’s past. Products can also be genderized, and still are similar to our nation’s past. Woman continue to eat dainty foods and small portions. Men are supposed to eat more big and hearty meals. This can be seen in Hardee’s commercials. They portray the food to a big and hearty men and have the woman hanging all over him. Woman are advertised to only drink fruity drinks while men should drink beer.

Sexism is shown through commercials depicting women cooking, eating and sexualizing the food, whereas meat commercials try to appeal to men. Products such as Aunt Jemima depict race because she’s like a black servant/maid, now a days she is looked at more as a grandmother figure. Lots of chef shows have males as the host, where in cooking shows, the women are known as cooks. Rarely are women chefs seen as chefs. Certain races and cultures are assumed to liking certain types of foods, when many people just like different foods. As the saying goes, you are what you eat, it can lead to many gender based and racial stereotypes in the food industry.

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Prep for Chef Lee's visit to our class on September 10. Be mindful, this is not the assigned reading, so scroll down and find that.

In preparation for Chef Lee's visit to our class on Weds, Sept. 10.

The 10 lines in this bill merely provide a temporary, one-year waiver only for school districts that can prove a six-month operating loss.